Before his arrest, MC Hammer was driving a car with an expired registration, police say

The booking photo of Stanley Burrell, of Tracy, aka MC Hammer taken at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, Calif., on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. On Thursday night Hammer was arrested at the Hacienda Crossings shopping center on suspicion of obstructing an officer in the performance of their duties and resisting an officer. He was booked and released at Santa Rita Jail. Police do not believe either alcohol or drugs were involved in the incident. (Alameda County Sheriff's Office)
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Katie Nelson
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DUBLIN --Following tweets by arrested rapper MC Hammer, police responded with their own brief account of what happened in a suburban Bay Area shopping center.

"He had expired registration on a vehicle that was not registered to him. He refused to give the officer any information on the owner. MC Hammer became very argumentative and continued to refuse to answer any questions about the vehicle," according to the police statement on KGO7.

Hammer, an Oakland native and Tracy resident whose birth name is Stanley Kirk Burrell, was arrested at the Hacienda Crossings shopping center Thursday on suspicion of obstructing an officer in the performance of their duties and resisting an officer, according to Dublin police Lt. Herb Walters. He was booked and released at Santa Rita Jail, Walters said.

Hammer spoke out Saturday on Twitter, saying he was accosted without cause by a police officer in Dublin before he was cited for obstruction.

Burrell declined interview requests sent through Twitter. On Sunday, his flurry of commentary slowed, but he continued to respond to supportive fans, re-tweeting one post that called him the "Honorary Mayor of the Bay Area."